29 U.S. Code § 2915 - Technical assistance

The Secretary shall provide, coordinate, and support the development of, appropriate training, technical assistance, staff development, and other activities, including assistance in replicating programs of demonstrated effectiveness, to States and localities, and, in particular, to assist States in making transitions from carrying out activities under the provisions of law repealed under section
199 [1] to carrying out activities under this chapter.

(2) Form of assistance

In carrying out paragraph (1) on behalf of a State, or recipient of financial assistance under any of sections
2911 through
2914 of this title, the Secretary, after consultation with the State or grant recipient, may award grants and enter into contracts and cooperative agreements.

(3) Limitation

Grants or contracts awarded under paragraph (1) to entities other than States or local units of government that are for amounts in excess of $100,000 shall only be awarded on a competitive basis.

(b) Dislocated worker technical assistance

(1) Authority

Of the amounts available pursuant to section
2862(a)(2) of this title, the Secretary shall reserve not more than 5 percent of such amounts to provide technical assistance to States that do not meet the State performance measures described in section
2871 of this title with respect to employment and training activities for dislocated workers. Using such reserved funds, the Secretary may provide such assistance to other States, local areas, and other entities involved in providing assistance to dislocated workers, to promote the continuous improvement of assistance provided to dislocated workers, under this chapter.

(2) Training

Amounts reserved under this subsection may be used to provide for the training of staff, including specialists, who provide rapid response services. Such training shall include instruction in proven methods of promoting, establishing, and assisting labor-management committees. Such projects shall be administered through the dislocated worker office described in section
2918(b) of this title.

This chapter, referred to in subsecs. (a)(1) and (b)(1), was in the original “this title” meaning title I of Pub. L. 105–220, Aug. 7, 1998, 112 Stat. 939, which enacted this chapter, repealed sections
1501 to
1505,
1511 to
1583,
1592 to
1735,
1737 to
1791h,
1792 to
1792b,
2301 to
2314 of this title, section 211 of former Title 40, Appendix, Public Buildings, Property, and Works, sections
11421,
11441 to
11447,
11449,
11450,
11461 to
11466,
11471, and
11472 of Title
42, The Public Health and Welfare, and sections
42101 to
42106 of Title
49, Transportation, enacted provisions set out as notes under sections
1501,
2301, and
2940 of this title and section
11421 of Title
42, and repealed provisions set out as notes under sections
801 and
2301 of this title and section
1255a of Title
8, Aliens and Nationality. For complete classification of title I to the Code, see Tables.